1. Children learn to understand expressive elements (articulation, tempo, dynamics, balance, and phrasing) in pieces of music that have moved listeners for generations.
2. Children learn to understand musical structure.
3. Children learn that music is not a byproduct of culture or an addendum to history.
4. Children learn the joy that comes from creating, improvising, and composing music.
5. Children learn that performance is a creative act, and not the recreation of a teacher’s orders.
